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Little theatres were the big winners as the nominations for the 34th annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards were announced by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on Monday morning.

In the General Theatre category, Buddies in Bad Times was tops with 15 nominations, followed by Tarragon Theatre with 13 nominations for the Dora Awards, which annually honour excellence in Toronto’s professional theatre community.

Modern Times Theatre was the champ in the Independent Theatre category with eight nominations, Roseneath Theatre headed the Theatre for Young Audiences division with eight and Danceworks earned eight in the Dance division.

Once music entered the picture, however, things got more complicated, with three shows vying in the Musical Theatre category with nine nominations each: the Mirvish production of The Wizard of Oz, Theatre 20 for Bloodless, and Young People’s Theatre for Cinderella.

The Canadian Opera Company was the single most honoured organization, with 16 nominations in the Opera category, and nine in the Musical Theatre category, for a total of 25.

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Among the most honoured shows were Arigato, Tokyo (Buddies in Bad Times), The Lesson (Modern Times), The Little Years (Tarragon Theatre), Obaaberima(Buddies in Bad Times), Mister Marmalade (Outside the March) and The War of 1812 (VideoCabaret).

The actual awards will be given out at a gala ceremony, hosted by Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus of the National Theatre of the World, on June 24 at the Bluma Appel Theatre

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